Blog Posts by Maya Menon

  • Will Spielberg’s Tintin be the Tintin of my dreams?

    By Maya Menon | wide angle – Wed 18 May, 2011 7:18 AM IST

    Tintin

    When you read a story do the visuals just flash in your mind? For me, it does. And while growing up, Tintin — with his tuft of hair - and his ever faithful Snowy were my heroes. I could always bank on Tintin, Captain Haddock and the Thompsons to make me laugh or take me through a hilarious adventure.  Add in Professor Calculus and my day was made.

    Strangely, The Secret of the Unicorn was one of the first Tintin books I ever read. But that does not mean that I have forgotten it all. Each and every scene — from the detectives Thompson and Thomson losing their wallets many times over to Captain Haddock recounting the story of his ancestor's fight with the pirate Red Rackham — I had a picture in my mind.  A whole train of thought - in images that is -race through my mind when I think Tintin.

    So, why am I talking about Tintin now? And that too in a movies blog you may ask. Well, the reason is simple. A couple of days back, the posters for the new movie - 'The Adventures of Tintin: Secret

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  • Come, dance in the rains

    By Maya Menon | wide angle – Wed 16 Mar, 2011 1:53 PM IST

    If there is one thing I love, it is the rains. As the skies darken and the rains fall pitter patter, I become restless.  But then,  with the summer sun blazing, i can just dream about those songs which added a sizzle when they hit screen. Well, let me just stop writing and list some of my favorite rain songs.

    Don't we all relate to the long summers when the mind and the body yearns for it to start raining?  And when the skies turn dark, doesn't it call for a party? Here's Bhuvan and his team of rustic villagers rejoicing at the sight of the dark clouds in the horizon.  (This does not really classify as a rain dance…but, we need to set the mood, right?)

    And then it rained.  The music of the rains, the dreams she saw…

    When it rains, says Chameli, she doesn't know where her mind flows.

    Rain makes the heroine happy, and she dances with abandon.

    Do raindrops talk? I feel they do, and so does the heroine

    It is not just the heroine who likes to shake a leg, everyone enjoys this

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